as in to bring about
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Furthermore, complicating Boeing's condition are changes in the world economy brought about by the COVID-19 epidemic.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025 -
Entering midlife can bring about many change—some expected, others less so.—
Jennifer Shanker,
Flow Space,
16 Jan. 2025
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The 2025 ceremony will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and will pay tribute to the city’s resilience amidst the devastation caused by January’s wildfires.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2025
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Fire investigators determined that that previous fire was caused by an electrical problem inside a wall.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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Established in 2018, luxury skincare brand Augustinus Bader draws on over 30 years of research led by stem cell scientist and doctor of regenerative medicine, Professor Augustinus Bader.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Look, one of the things about casting someone like Olivia in the role was that Hannah as a character always felt quite cold to me and was drawing on funny elements of myself, interesting things about myself.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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The third season is once again created, written and directed by Mike White, with producers including White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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The city of Indianapolis created a position within the Office of Public Health and Safety to focus on preventing youth violence.—
Arika Herron,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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City staffers were directed to prepare a financial plan that would set aside tax revenue generated by commercial activities at El Corazon and use that money only to develop and maintain parks within the property, instead of spending the cash citywide as part of the general fund.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2025
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Such cases bring home the importance of mutually respectful communication when making such requests.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Other than that, the team has discussed casting unknown actors to bring new, young actors into the limelight.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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Returning recipients include Midway Contemporary Art in Minneapolis, which commissions work from artists and supplies them with the space and resources to produce it, and Houston’s DiverseWorks, which supports experimental performance.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
23 Jan. 2025
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China’s flourishing petrochemicals industry, producing plastics and other industrial products, feeds on oil.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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TikTok’s future Social video app TikTok came back to life Sunday in the U.S., after a brief outage brought on by a law signed by President Biden to ban the service unless its Chinese parent company found a buyer for it.—
Ryan Faughnder,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Villa could have brought on Leon Bailey, Emiliano Buendia, Donyell Malen and Jhon Duran.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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